Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 26, 1908, Image 4
Pert Paragraphs.
One good thing about a woman's
prettiest shoes is that they wear a
long time, because she is doggoned
glad to get them off as soon as no
body is looking.-Indianapolis News.
The editor of The Nashville Ameri
can says that rainbow "stockings are
now the style in Tennessee. Ile re
fers to men's stockings, of course.
Los Angeles Times.
If you expect to. have to borrow
money, better borrow it before you
need it; it is easier to do so.
. OPEN~DE?L!NS IN PAINT.
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Buying paint used to be like the.
.proverbial buying of a ."pig In a
poke." Mixtures in which ' chalk,
ground rock, etc., predominated were
marked and sold as "Pure White
Lead." the deception not being, ap
parent until the paint and the paint
ing were-paid for. This deception is
still practiced, but we have learned
to expose it easily.
National Lead Company, the larg
est makers of genuine Pure White
Lead, realizing the injustice that was
being done to both property owners
and honest paint manufacturers set
about to make paint buying *>afe..
They first adopted a trade mark, the
now famous "Dutch-Boy Painter,"
and put this trade mark, as a guar
anty of purity, on every package of
their White Lead. They then .set
about familiarizing the public with
the glow-pipe test by which the puri
ty and genuineness of White Lead
may be determined, and furnished a
blow-pipe free to every one who
would write them for lt. This ac^
tion was in Itself a guaranty of the
purity of National Lead Company's
White Lead.
As the result of this open dealing
the paint buyer to-day has only%him
self to blame if he is defrauded. Fer
test outfit and valuable booklet on
painting address National Lead Com
pany, Woodbridge Bldg., New York.
Brave actions never want a -trum
pet-Spanish. So. 35-'OS.
KEEP YOUR SKIN nEALTHT.
TZTTERINS has done wonders for suffer
ers from eczema, totter, ground itch, ? ery
- ipel?-, l.i'aat sors heal, chaps,'chafes and
other forms of skin diseases. In aggravat
ed cases of ecz?ma les cures have been mar
velous and thousands of pr ?pie sing its.
?raises. 50c. at druggists or by mail from
. T. SHOPTBIXB, Dept. A, Savannah, ?a. *
Prisoners in Asheville asked for
release because the jail is haunted.
All jails are, muses the New York
American. The ghosts of reputations
and wronged friendships haunt ev
ery 'co rridor.
Hiclca' Cnpudine Cures Women's
Monthly Pains. Backache, Nervousness,
and Headache, lt's Liquid. Lffects imme
diately. Proscribed bv physicians with best,
resulta. 10c.. 25c., and 50c. at drug stores.
Our Restaurants.
lt is a puzzle to me that native
Americans are, as a rule, unsuccess
ful in the conduct of restaurants,
cabarets, posadas, inns an 1 other
eating-houses. It seems that we must
forever deptnd cn the Frenchman,
the Hungarian, the German, the Itali
an or the Syran, and now and then
the Spaniard, f^r good meals a la
carte or table d'hote at a reason
able prio?. Once in a while the
Irish come to the front and are amaz
ingly succossfu*;. I suppose there
Is a knack in r.he business which
Amei leans have not acquired.-New
York Press.
'' GAME OF HUNT THE FOX.
Partners are chosen and stand .In
two lines, partners opposite. The
fox at the head starts and runs down
the line and back, pursued 'by his
partner, tho hunter. He can pass
through the line, in and out, -but the
hunter must follow him. When caught,
the couple take their places at the
foot of the line.-Good Literature.
She Liked That Best.
"I suppose you did all the theatre*
and amusement places on your trip
to London, Mrs. Comeup?"
- 'Tes, but at most of the shows they
talked- so much and I didn't know
what it was all about."
"Which did you like tho best?"
_ "Oh, the Christmas pandemonium
-it was so nice and quiet."-Balti
more .American.
NOT WORRYING HTJ?.
"Wonder what that was we had for
breakfast this raprning?" said the
wife to her husband on shipboard.
"Oh, ls that troubling you yet,
dear?" replied the husband, looking
railward; "I gave it up long ago!"-?
Yonkers Statesman.
* A SIMPLE WARDROBE. 2
A bedroom door closed to another
apartment may be converted into a
-wardrobe by nailing a shelf above the
lintel of the door and putting hooks
beneath, and ..also along the closed
?oor beneath1. Hang cretonnecurtalns
from the shelf to the floor and tack
;them on the sides to the door jambs
to keep out the dust-Boston Post.
Habits are part of our life in youth
and all of life in manhood.
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.
After several years of indigestion
and its attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses; faith in things gen
erally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interest
ing letter. She says:
. "Three years ago I suffered from
an'attack of peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years I suffered from ner
vousness, weak heart, shortness of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
"My appetite was ravenous but 1
felt starved all the time. I had
plenty of food but it did not nourisu
me- because of intestinal indigestion.
Medical treatment did not seem to
help, I got discouraged, stopped medi
cine and did noi care much whether
I lived or died.
"One day a friend asked me why 1
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee and use Postum. 1 had lost
faith in everything, tut to please my
friends I began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
"lt wasn't long before I got some
strength, felt a decided^change irrmy
system, hope sprang up In my heart
and slowly but surely 1 got better. I
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and I have
better health now than before the at
tack of peritonitis.
"My husband and 1 are still" using
Grape-Nuts and Postum." "Theres
a Reason. '
Name given by PuUum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, -The Road io
Wcllvinc,"- in pkgs.
Ever road,'thc ubpvtMet'or'.' .A new
one appears from time to time. Tiley
arc genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Republican Nominee Tor Vice
president Accepts
HE STANDS ON THE PLATFORM
Great Enthusiasm Marks the Occa
sion of tile Official Notification of
Choice of J.'.mes S, Sherman as
S Eejublican Vice Presidential Can
didate.
. Utica, N. Y., Special.-Utica broke
all bounds in the enthusiasm of its
celebration in honor of Representa
tive James S. Sherman, the occasion
marking the offiial notification of his
.nomination for the vice presidency.
Not in many years has there been
such an ^outburst of enthusiasm in
paying tribute to 'a distinguished
citizen of the city. Republicans and
Democrats alike joined in the celebra
tion.
At the formal notification ceremo
nies, Senator Burrows made the ad
dress in behalf of the committee, and
Mr. Sherman spoke in response. Sec
retary Root and other prominent men
also delivered brief addresses.
Sheman's Speech.
Senator Burrows and Gentlemen of
the Notification Committee:
Your chairman, speaking for the
committee, has notified me of my
nomination by the Republican nation
al convention held in Chicago in Jun*?
as the party's candidate for Vice
President. As I chanced to be in
Chicago in June I had an inkling of
the convention's action, which was
confirmed bv a warm hearted recep
tion tendered me by my neighbors on
the occasion of my home coming on
July 2. ' This oflBcial notification, how
ever, is welcome and the nomination
you tender me is accepted; accepted
with- the gratitude commensurate
with the great honor conferred ; '. ac
cepted with a full appreciation of
the obligations which accompany
that I mor, an ? honor greater because
my name is linked with that of Wil
liam H. Taft, whom I respect and
esteem highly and wlio approaches
the high office of 7'resident exception
ally well equipped to discharge tho
duties and bear the ' varied and
weighty responsibilities of that ex
alted position. My acceptance could
not be made with honor unless I
were in full accord with the declara
tion of principles adopted", by the
convention. Not only am I in full
and complete acord with my party's
platform, but " I endorse evem state
ment made by Mr. Taft in nis ad
dress of acceptance when notified of
his nomination as the Republican
candidate for President. . * . First,
then, let me say that I am a pro
tectionist. I am sufficiently practical
to value the utility of a fact higher
than the beauty of a theory, and I
am a protectionist because experi
ence has demonstrated that the ap
plication of that principle has lifted
us as ? nation to . a plane of pros
perity above that ocupied by any
other people. .
I especially commend that plank of
our platform which " promises an
early revision of tariff schedules.
That pledge will be fulfilled .hf an
adjustment based in every particular
. upon the broad principle of protec
tion for all American interests; alike
for labor, for capital, for producers
md consumers. The Dingley bill,
when enacted was well adapted to the
then existing 'conditions. The de
velopments of the industrial pros
perity in a decade, which in, volume
and degree have surpassed our most
roseate expectations, ?r?ve' so altered
conditions that in .certain details of
schedules they np . longer in every
particular mete ouT'^ustice to all.
In this readjustment the principles
of protection must and will govern;
such duties must and will be im
posed as will equalize the cost of pro
duction at home and abroad and in
sure a reasonable profit to all Ameri
can interests. . . .
The Republican party believes in
the equality of all men before the
law; believes in granting labor's
every request that does not seek to.
accord rights to one man denied to
another. Fair minded labor ask? \)
more, no less, and approves the
record of the Republican party be
cause of that party's actsv
I have helped to make my party's;
record in the enactment of the ci<rht
hour law, the Employers Liability,
act, the statutes to minimize the haz
ard of railroad employes, the child
labor law for the District of Col
umbia, and other enactments designed
especially to improve the conditions
ci labor. I'cannot hope to better
state my position on injunctions than
by a specific endorsement of Mr.
Taft's Cinicinnati declaration on
that subject. That endorsement I
make.
As a nation our duty compels that
by every constitutional ancl reason
able means the material and educa
tional conditions of ihe colored race
be advanced. This we . owe to ourr
selves as well as to them. / As the
result of a course of events that can
never be reversed, they are a part
of our civilization; their prosperity
is our prosperity; their abscmcnt
would be our misfortune. The Re
publican party, therefore will ofter
every encouragement to the thrift,
industry and intelligence that will
better their prospect of higer attain
ment.
I believe in "the maintenance of
such an army, the upbuilding of such
a navy as will be the guarantee of the
protection of American citizens and 1
American interests everywhere, and
an omen of peace; that at every ex
posed point we may be so fortified
that no power on earth may br
tempted to molest us. I believe in
thc restoration of the American mer
chant marine and rendering whatevci
financial aid may be necessary tr
accomplish this purpose.
I approve the movement for th'
conservation of our.natural reccnr
ces; the fostering of fiicndly foreigv.
relations; the enforcement of f.:i
civil sen-ice law; and the cnaclnic:i
of ?uch statutes as will more seeurH
and more effoctivety preservo the
public health.
Our platform, as it should do,
pledges adherence to the'policies of
President Roosevelt; promises lo con
tinue the work inaugurated during his
administration, to insure to persons
and property every proper safeguard
and all necessary strenthening ot
administrative methods will be pro
vided to furnish sufficent inspection
and supervision" and prompt righting
df "every injustice," "discriminaHoll
and wrong. . . .
"Shall the jieople rule?" ia deolar- i
ed by the Democratic platform and
candidate to be "the overshadowing
issue . . . now uuder discussion."
It is no issue. Surely the people shall
rule, surely the people have ruled;
surely " opie do rule. No partj'
rules. The party commissioned bj
the people, is simply the instrument
to execute the people's will, and from
that party which does not obey their
expressed will or which lacks the
wisdom to lead successfully, the peo
ple will withdraw their commission.
For half a century, with but two
exceptions, the people have commis
sioned the Republican party to ad
minister the national government;
commissioned it because its declared
principles appealed to their best
judgment; commissioned it because
the 'cemmon sense of the American
pecple scented danger in thc Demo
cratic policies. Ours always has been
always must be, a government of
the people. That party will, after
March 4 next, execute old laws and
enact new ones as in November it is
commissioned to do. That commis
sion will bc fi om all untrammeled
American electorate. Shame on the
party which, shame on thc candidate
who insults the American people by
suggestion or declaration that a ma
jority of its electorate is venal. Thc
American voter, with rare exception,
in easting his ballot, is guided by
his best judgment, by his desire to
conserve his own and the public weal.
The overshadowing issue of the
campaign really is: shall the adminis
tration of President Roosevelt be ap
proved ; shall a party of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
continued in power; shall the reins of
government be placed in experienced
hands, or do the people prefer to
trust their destines to an aggregation
of experimental malcontents and the
orists, whose only claim to a histor}'
ts a party name they pilfered.
With a record of four decades of
wise legislation; two score years of
faithful administration ; offering its
fulfilled pledges as a guaranty of its
promises for the future, the Republi
can party appeals to the people and,
with full confidence in their wisdom
and patrotism, awaits thc rendition
of the November verdict.
CHAPIN NOTIFIED.
Chicago, Special.-Cincinnati, Lin
coln and pent-up Utica are not the
only cities to have the honor of a
notification meeting. Chicago was
the scene of such a ceremony Tues
day and while the enthusiasm, was
largyly confined to the Fine Arts
Building, where the news was broken
to Eugene W. Chafin, the Prohibition
presidential oandidate, the assembled
temperance folks were quite enthusi
astic enough to atone for the indif
ference of the rest of the city.
Prof. Charles Scanlon, permanent
chairman of the Columbus conven
tion, informed Mr. Chafin of the hon
or which had been accorded him.
Brief speeches were made bv other
members of the notification commit
tee. The candidate responded with
an address in which he pointed out
the great gains in prohibition senti
ment throughout the country in the
last few years and the future tri
umph of the prohibition cause.
The campaign programme mapped
out by the Prohibition national ex
ecutive committee is the most am
bitious in years. It is declared that
the party will have sufficient funds
to carry on an extensive warfare
against the liquor element and that
manj men of wealth have contributed
liberally to the campaign fund. Mr.
Chafin will shortly begin an extensive
stumping tour.
California Town Shaken.
Eureka, Cal., Special.-Three sharj:
earthquake shocks which knocked
down more than a hundred chimneys
shattered about forty plate glass win
dows in the business portion of Eu
reka, broke much crocker}' in lin
houses and sent many pee pb scurry
ing from their beds into thc stree'.-,
occurred here early Tuesday. Thc
damage reported so far is estimated
at between $2,000 and $3,000.
Dwelling Burna1, Five Lives Lost.
Marshall, N. C., Special.-A phont
message from Laurel, this county,
fifteen miles from Marshall, says that
during Monday night the home o?
Wolfe Tweed was bumed and in thc
lire Mi's. Tweed, her three children
and a neighboring woman all lost
their lives. Mr. Twed was in Mar
shall attending court. As yet no
further details can be learned.
NEWS* GLEANINGS.
Tho sheath skirt has Invaded As
bury Park.
The Sultan of Turkey Issued a call
for the first Parliament to meet on
November 1.
Many protests were made against
a Montclair (N. J.) man's proposal
to license drinkers.
At a meeting of chorus girla lt
was decided to build a ten-story club
house to accommodate 2500 In New
York City.
The : Northwestern Packing Com
pany, at Chicago, admitted to a pure
food agent that it put starch In the
sausage it manufactures.
In response to a personal letter by
President Roosevelt Curator Ditmars,
at the Bronx'Zoo, tested the alleged
poisonous sting of the "stinging
snake" and found lt a myth.
Tho Lloyds, of London, were
swamped with bets offered by sup
porters of Bryan, and odds rapidly
: dropped until the firm declined to
Write more risks on the Nebraskan's
election. (
A sub-committee was appointed by
?the International Shipping Confer
ence for the purpose of reaching an
understanding between the various
transatlantic steamship linea on tho
question of steerage rates.
English observers incline to treat
the grant of reforms In Turkey whh
skepticism, but French newspapers
expect great renttltn to follow which
may end the troubles nmnny, thc pow
ers regarding the Near Bast.
' The Denver rind Itt? Cl rando Rail
road Company, tim tito Orando West
ern Raliway Compniiy und nil rmlisld
iary companion In Colorado mid Utah
except tho Kio tirando Hon?horn worn
merged Into ono corpora I bu? to bj
known as thc Denver and Itlo Grande
Railway Company.
PROFIT AT BOTH ENDS
"I accept all first contributions,"
declared the editor. "It's a paying
scheme."
"Why so?"
"Tho author buys many copies of
thc magazine and nearly always
frames the check we send;"?-Kan
na City Journal.
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Iiive Items Covering Events of More
or Less Intereit at Home and
Abroad.
Domestic Affairs.
The final outcome of the West
Point hazing cases resulted in thc
dismissal of two offenders and the
suspension for a year of tho oth."r
six.
Democratic leaders have planned
a hot campaign for New York, in
cluding several speeches by Mr.
Bryan, with a view of carrying that
State.
At I?obinsvillc, Mississippi, H. B.
Saber and J. H. Gilmore, rival mer
chants, fought a duel with pistols.
Suber was shot in the breast. His
pistol failed to go off, and then he
seized a shotgun and shot Gilmore
ni -th eback. Both will die.
Eut 12 years old, Isaac Edwards
was given a four year term for arson
in Suffolk.
Freddcricksburg Masons are plan
aing a new temple as a memorial to
Gfeorge Washington, who was a
ncmber of No. 4 lodge.
Governor John A. Johnson, of
Minnesota, was renominated with a
whoop in spite of his declaration
;hat he did not want it.
A special from L 'ridge, Kansas,
says: Grieving ov the result, of
the Springfield rio!. caused Plato
Brakcbill. a negro dent of this
pla?e, to commit s le at Alma,
Kan., by swallowing arbolic acid.
His pockets contain' a number of
riot clippings.
Ten incidents against two of the
alleged mob leaders at Springfield,
[H., were returned by the special
?rand jury of Sanngamon comity.
Six of these are against Abraham
Raymor and four are against Kate
Howard. Raymor is cha recd with
murder, four cases cf malicious mis
chief and one of riot. The charges
against the Howard woman arc for
malicious mischief, and aro identical
with those against Raymor on these
counts.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub
lican campaign committee, visited
President Roosevelt to advise with
him concerning the situation in
New York.
Jesse L. Livermore, the spectacular
young' cotton operator, is said to have
lost a million dollars in a single break
in prices last week.
Fou" thousand men of the Ameri
can fleet af (ended high ma-s at the
Cathedral at Sydney Sunday, and had
a great recep?on tendered them later
in the day.
John Early, a North Carolinian,
was found at a betel in the heart of
Washington City with a well develop
ed case of lepicsy.
. The railroads in thc Southeastern
freight association have filed answer
to the government in the cases af
fecting the recent increase of freigni
rates in their territory.
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Ma;, or-elect Richardson, 'of Rich- (
mond, opposes the plan to have a j
demonstration in his honor.- ^
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From the Foreign Field. |i
Holland will go it alone in spank
ing Castro.
Pope Pius is considered well enough c
to resume his audiences. f
The Belgian House of Deputies T
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The American warships had a great
day at Sydney and the men were al
lowed to go ashore with arm?.
Miscellaneous Happenings.
Governor John Johnson of Minne- t
sota was forced to take the Demo- t
eratic nomination for a third term as c
governor. . c
D. L. Grover was nominated for f
Congress by thc Republicans of the J
Second district. f
Thc grand jury at Springfield found
indictments against thc alleged lead
ers in the riots.
J. L. ??peakes, a fearroer, i
Manassas, commit lcd suicide.
Taft may visit Baltimore and make c
a speech later in the campaign/ ?
President Roosevelt conferred with 1
Chairman Hitchcock and Vice-Presi- i
dent Sherman, and it is said that he 1
favors Hughes' renomination. I
Bryan started on a short campaign *
trip last week.
Candidate Taft was busy receiveing ?
political leadcis at Hot Springs.
Attorney Shea, one of the lawyers j t
for thc Hains brothers, declared that
Captain Hains was made insane by
the wife's confession of infidelity
with Annis.
Bishop McQunid collapsed at a^ tl
celebration in his honor and is very" o
low. s
At Vancouver, British Columbia,
fire fighters aided by citizens fought
forest fires, which threatened several
villages. Thousands of acres of tim
ber are now burning. The losses will
amount to thousands..
The Minnesota mule arrived at
Fairview and Mr. Bryan watched I j,
lum throw a correspondent who tried
to take a ride. j ?
Treasury Steal Solved.
Chicago, Special.-Thc mystery of | ??
(he theft of .$173,000 from the Unit
ed Stales snb-Trea-ury a year and a
half ago. one of thc largest losses f
thc government has ever suffered in i
this manner, is believed to have been c
sid ved by lb** nrresl at an early hour \
Sunday ' ol' Ge..ige W. Fitzgerald, c
'Mhcis ai" Ix lived to have been im- r
plicated in the crime which for i
mont hs completely '..nilled government t
.wc rc I servit e men.
Forty Thousand May Strike.
Pittsburg, Special.-Forty thous
and miners in the Pittsburg distric
aro excited over a meeting of opera
tors which has been called, at which
a blow may bc struck at the heart ol
t-he union miners. Union leaders ol
Um rainers have demanded-that mine
owners take a greater chetik off from
the monthly pay of mirfers for the
union. This the operators have re
fused to do, and a strir?e is threaten
ed in the entire district. " ;
America's Amazing Agricultu
ral Advance
rHE SOUTH FAR IN THE LEAD
"That the South, With 25,000,000
Population, Is Producing as Much
Value in Agricultural Out-Turn as
the United States With 62,000,000
People Did in 1890, is Qne of the
Amazing FactB of Our History.
Baltimore, Md.-Reviewing Amen
ta's amazing agricultural advance of
ate^years, the Manufacturers' Re?ord
n a recent issue says :
Probably nothing more forcibly
Hnstrates this marvelous change than
;he fact that the value of the agri
cultural products of the South alone,
.vhicii will this year be between $2,
!50,000,000 and $2,500,000,000, will
)e more than the total for the United
States in 1SS0, and about the same
is for the entire country as late as
L890. In 1890, who could have
lared to predict that the value of the
South's farm products of 1903 would
;qual the total for the United States
nl890? That the South, with 26,
100,000 population, is producing as
nuch value in agricultural out turn
is the United States with 62,000,000
>eople did in 1890 is one of the
imaziug facts of our history. Tn
L890 the value of all agricultural
products outside of the South was
^1,596,000,000, or at least $000,000,
H)0 less than what the South alone
viii this year produce.
. The increase in the value of farm
property of $S,000,000,000 between
L900 and 1907 is nearly nine times as
rreat as the aggregate national bank
ng capital of the United States It
s more than one-half as large as the
otal capitalization, bonds and stocks
ncluded, of all the railroads ' in the
Jnited States. It is nearly three
imes as large as the aggregate sav
ngs bank deposits of ?he whole coun
;ry. Think for a moment of the
ncrease, simply seven years' incre
nent, in the value of farm property
leing nine times as great as the total
lational banking capital of the United
States, three times as great as all the
lavings bank deposits accumulated
luring all the past and half as large
ts the entire capitalization of all the
?ailroads in the United States into
vhich the surplus money of the land
las been pouring for over three-quar
ers of a century.
In 1890 the 8,565,000 people en
gaged in agriculture in this country
lgpduced a total of $2,468,000,000, or
m average of $287 per capita. In
L907 the 11,991,000 engaged in agri
mlture produced a total of $7,412,
100,000, or an average of $618 per
?apita. During that period the num
>er of people engaged in agriculture
ncreased by 40 -per cent while the
.aluc of farm products increased by
!00 per cent, and the value of all
farm property increased by 89 per
?ent .
In the brief period between 1900
ind 1907 the value of farm property
idvanced in value from $20,439,000,
100 to $23,077,000,000, a gain of near
y $8,000,000,000, or 37 per cent,
nough the number of people engaged
n agricultural pursuits increased only
.0 per cent.
A study of facts bearing upon agri
aaltural conditions since 1870 shows
hat in that year the value of all agri
lultural products per capita to those
ingaged in farm pursuits was $326,
vhile from that figure here was a
?apid decline to $286 in 1880 and dur
ng the next 10 years the er capita
vas practically stationary, as the av
erage in 1890 was only $287. If re
iable figures were available, they
vould show a marked decline between
1890 and 1896, because it was during
hat period that the agricultural in
erests reached their most acute stage
rf poverty. lu those years farm pro
tects, not only in the South, hut
hroughout the country, were greatly
lepreSsed, selling in many cases be
ow the cost of raising. Farm lands
ikewise steadily depreciated in value.
3y 1900, however, there h sd come a
-reat change, due to the advance be
wcon 1897 and 1900, and in the latter
rear the vainc of farm products per
apita was $451, a gain of $164 per
apita, or about 57 per cent, campar
d with 1890. Since 1900 this gain
las continued uninterruptedly, ris
ng in 1905 to $558 per capita, in
.906 to $579 and in 1907 to $618. Sec
-etary of Agriculture Wilson csti
catcs the total value of this year's
arm products at $3,000,000,000 or a
?aili of about $600,000.000 over
.907. Accepting Mr. Wilson's fig
ires as correct though we believe that,
hey will prove to be too small, the
?er capita production will show an
ither rapid advance this year.
In 1S90 to 1906 the increasing pov
xly of the fa rm el's of all sections,
lue to low prices, was the subject
if almost universal discussion. Con
Miners of farm products were then
inying at a lower cost than they lind
.ver known before. But the produc
l?S, Hie farmers of the land, were in
lire poverty. With the increase in
nanufacturing during the last ten
.ears, and with thc development of
ailroads and the large increase in thc
lumber of their employes, making a
rreat gain in the number of consum
irs of farm products and the gradual
slimination of the cheap lands of the
Yest by settlements and the flood of
.old pouring into the world's chan
icls of trade, we have had a combi
lation of circumstances which have
inited to bring about a much higher
ange of values. The consumer of
arm products is no longer rejoicing
n the low prices which prevailed 12
?r 15 years ago. The farmer is now
laving his inning and though this
?ondition works a hardship upon
nany consumers, it is a great bless
ng to the country at large. ^It should
)ea matter of general rejoicing that
he farmers arc on rising ground fi
-artcially.
3BSBRVE SANITARY CONDITION'S
Roup may generally be traced lo
uncleanliness or unsanitary condi
tions, lice, dampness or drafts, or un
lue exposure to wet and cold woath
ir. While roup ls more prevalent in
.he winter than in the summer time,
?rat cases of this disease are frequent
ly met with in thc summer. Over
crowding, improper ventilation, filth
md lack of protection from rains and
dampness are the most common sum
mer causes of roup.
^CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS,
PIANO BARGAINS
UPRIGHT PIANOS AT FACTORY COST.
$195 buys thc "Chandler." Other bargains
in Stclff, Steinway, Chlckcring pianos. $125
toSl77. Write for list. LESTER WA NO CO.,
Inc.. No. 60 Granby Street, Norfolk, virginia.
.Lest the fame of a patriot be dim
med K should be explained, protests
the Louisville Courier-Journal, that
when the author of a just published
history says that Lincoln, upon tho
occasion of his inaugural address,
"was surrounded hy a number of press
agents" he means representatives of
the press,
Ii irks' CapmUne Cures Headache,
Whether from colds?, heat, stomach or
nervous troubles. No Accetanilid or dan
gerous di U<ZH. It's liquid and nets irame
oiately. Trial bottle 10c. Regular sizeo
25c. and 50c, at all druggists.
THE ENGLISH TEA-HABIT.
Hov/ An American Business Marj
Tried to Overturn a British
Tradition.
A writer in Everybody's Magazine
tells the story of the collision cf an
American business man with the Eng
lUh tea habit. He had gone to Lon
don as the manager of one of the
biggest enterprises in which American
money is invested. He was formally
introduced to all his heads of depart
ments on the first day he went to the
offico. After everybody had strolled
away and he had turned to his desk,
.a small clerkly-looking person ap
proached him and said: "Please, sir,
! wish to know If we can have" some
new tea rings."
"Tea rings?" said the manager;
"what-in the name of tho Thames Em
bankment are tea rings?"
"Rings we put on tho stove when
wo make cur tea, sir. Thank you."
"When you make your tea?"
"Oh, yes, sir; we have our tea reg
ularly every afternoon. Thank you.'
The manager looked into the tea
business. He found the clerk was
right. The whole office force quit
work in the middle .of the afternoon
and drank tea. The proposition did
not appeal to his American mind, so
he Issued an order stopping the tea
drinking. Thore was a wild protest
""Here was this American overturning
the precedents of centuries. Here
was a man who dared to deprive tho
Britons of their tea. The manager
held out for a month and then capitu
lated, fer his board of directors stood
with the clerks. Tho directors drank
tea too. He rescinded the order,
bought tho new tea rings, and kept
tab on the amount of gas used In
brewing this necessary beverage. He
discovered that the tea-thirst of the
clerks in his offices cost the company
for gas used to brew it $385 a year.
A Gentle Hint.
Senator Fulton at his annual Ore
gon salmon dinner In Washington,
told a tipping story.
"In Astoria," he said, 'lhere used to
be an old fisherman who brought mo
the first of every month a present of
a splendid salmon from his master. I
always gave the old fisherman a tip.
"But one roorniuig I was very 'busy
and when the old man brought the
Mah I thanked him hurriedly, and for
go'tlng his tip bent over my desk
again. He hesitated a moment, then
cleared his throat and "said:
"Senator, would ye he so kind as
to put it in wrltin' that ye didn't give
me no ?Mp this time, or my wife'll
think I've went and spent it on rum."
-Washington Star.
Increase in Lunacy.
Within tho last half century there
has been a remarkable increase of
lunacy in ireland. In 1901 there were
25,050 lunatics In Ireland, or one In
every 179 of the population. In 1851
there Tvere only 350 in the entire
county Antrim and Belfast, hut to
day there are 2,300, an increase of
1,950. In 1881 the percentage of lun
atics per 10,000 of the population in
England was 30.4, In Scotland 34, and
in Ireland 30.5. Last year the fig
ing, and perhaps this is not a mat
ures were: England 40.8 per 10,000
of the population: Scotland, 45, and
Ireland 56.2.-Boston Herald.
A Candid Answer.
Here is an incident that really oc
curred in a school In a Massachu
setts town:
A little girl was discovered In the
aisle between the desks performing
antics, when the teacher, who bad
stepped out of the room for a few
minutes, after flirs-t roquesmin>g the
children to he orderly, returned.
"Why do I see you there and not
In your seat, Nelly?" asked the teach
er.
"Because I did not see you coming
back," answered Nelly promptly.
New York Times.
PROTECT THE MILK.
Experiments conclusively prove that
milking in a stable where the cir
culation of air carries the dust out,
wiping the udder with a damp cloth
and scalding, the utensils with live
steam from boilin gwater will not only
reduce the bacterial content of the
milk, but largely Increase its keep
ing qualities as well as that of the
finished product.-Farmers Home ]
Journal. J
American Cott(
For the education of Farmer?, Ch
Buyers, Manufacturers, and all others, y<
and put the correct valuation on 13 Grai
our sample rooms, or six weeks' ccrrespi
will complete you. Big demand for cottor
Sept. 1st. Correspondence course yearn
eSTABLtS:
MILLEDGEV
Lvgeat and best equiped sch
Railrruid wire connections. Pe
poid. Board at cost. Open ye
dreat demand for open tor*.
o
The Old Standard GROVE'S '
system. You know what you ai
is simply Quinine and Irou in a 1
THE DOCTOR'S EXPECTATIONS.
"I am glad to find you so much bet
ter, old man. Does the doctor expect
you to be out soon?"
"I think he expects me to be out
thc amount o? his bill. He sent it
in to-day."-The Catholic Standard
and Times.
Fifty-nine pear trees in Washing
ion on IPSS than an acre produced
nearly 1,000 boxes of fruit and net
'rd over $2,C00. The trees wero the
Anjou variftty,
"Boston's Stump."
''Boston's stump" ls the local name
of the tower of the parish church ol
St. Botolph, in Boston, England,
which was damaged by lightning, not
long aso. The church dates irc.ii
the fourteenth century, and its tow
er, 272 feet high, ls the tallest but
one among the parish churches o?
England. It has 365 steps, one for
each day of the year, and the church
h?.s seven door?, fifty-two windows
and twelve pillars, for the days lu
the week and the weeks and months
in the year. For the twenty-four
hours in the day there are twerty
'om stepc in thc porch bv which the
library ls reached. Two flights of
sixty steps lead to the rcor, one for
the seconds, t?e other for the min
utes; and the tower is In four stories
for the four seasons. Thus . does
time stand s-Ull lu Boston.-Spring
field Republican.
ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth-Tn
Frightful Condition-Gol No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.
"I had an itching, tormenting eczema
ever since I came into thc world, and 1 nm
now a man fifty-live years old. 1 tried all
kinds of medicines I heard of, bul found no
relief. I was truly in a frightful condition.
At last I broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great pain
and miser}', but I kept from scratching ns
well as I could. I was so run down that
I could hardly do my work. I used Culi
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Fills
for about eight months, and J can truth
fully say I nm cured. Hale Bordwell, Tip
ton; Ia., Auc. 17, 1907."
"I cheerfully endorse the above testi
monial. It is tue Iruth. I know Mr. Bord
well und know the condition he was in.
Kelson R. Burnett, Tipton, Ia."
It is base to speak vain words.
Homer.
DE*TH ? HING TVOEM.
"Evorywhoro I go I speak for TETTERINB,
because lt cured mo of ringworm in ita
v orst form. My whole chest from neck to
waist wai raw ns boof; but TETTKBIKB cured
me. It also uured a bad caso ol piles." So
says Mrs. M. F. Jones of 23 Tannohill St.,
Pittsburg. Ta. TETTEBISB, the great skia
remedy, is sold by druggists or sent by mull
for 503. Write J. T. SntrPTBisB, Dept. A,
Savannah, Ga.
Point thy tongue on the anvil of
truth.-Pinder.
Tc Drive Out Malaria and Build L'i.
the System
Take tho Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC. YO I know what you
are taking. Thc formula is plainly printed
on every bottle., shoeing it is simply Qui
nine and Iron in a ' .steless form, uud tho
most effectual form. Jfor grown people
and children, 50c._
Defer not till tomorrow to be wisc.
-Congreve.
lyrup
acts gently^et prompt
ly ontrte bowels, cleanses
ike system e||ectually,
assists one in overcoming
-Habitual constipation
permanently. To get its
beneficial ejects buy
the genuine.
ftonujacWcd by the
? ~
JIG SYRUP CO.
SOLD Bf LEADING DRUCGlSTS-50t ^BOTTLE
FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-FIVE MEN
with teams are selling our products to
FARMERS in thirty-four different States.
Seventy useful articles that country people
need. We furnish the goods and give agents
time to turn them into money. Address,
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LINIMENT.
Wo off or one hundred
dollars reward for
any case of pneumonia in any family where
they uno Goose Grease as directed. If you
ever know or hear of any such oise, plcaso
inform us and wo will pay them the reward.
GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT CO.
Greensboro, N. C. J
THE DUTCH YV ,
POY PAINTER iV ^
STANDS FOR
PA1NTQUAUT
IT IS FOUND ONLY ON
PUREVYHFTE LEAD
MADE BY
THC
OLD DUTCH
PROCESS
)nCoUegeH?:!t'
irk?, Merchants, Warehousemen, Cotton
?ung or old, who are unable to classify
Jes of Cotton. Thirty day scholarships in
andenes course under expert cotton men
i graders and cotton buyers. Session cpena
mud. Write at once for further particular.
TASTELESS CHILI* TONIC, driv
e taking. The formula is plainly pr
tasteless, and the most effectual form
- TO FARMERS AN
CHICKENS*
you cannot spend years and dol
buy tho knowledge required b>
cents. You want them to pay I
them ns a diversion. In order to handle
thing about them. To meet this want wc
of a practical poultry raiser for (Only 2?
a man who put all his minc, and time, a
en raising-not as a pastime, but as a bus
ty-flve years' work, you can save many C
earn deilars for you. The point ls, that
Poultry Yard as soon as lt appears, and k
teach you. It tells how to cetect and cur
fattening; which Fowls to save for bree
iou should know on this nu'.-<cct to make
ve cents In ? tamps. BOOK PUBLISH!IS
li ? WOMAN'S WORK
LYDIA E. PINKHAM
Nature and a woman's work com
I bined have produced the grandest
remedy for woman's ills that tho
world has ever known.
In the good old-fashioned days of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western.
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that baffle thc most skilled
physicians who have spent years in
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of tho
field Lydia E. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
I of the world a remedy for their pe
culiar ills, more potent and effica
cious than any combination of drugs.
Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 516 KC. St.,
Louisiana, Mo., writes:
" Complete ' restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women I am willing
to make my troubles public.
"For twelve years I had been suffer
ing with tho worst forms of female ills.
During that time I had eleven different
i physicians without help. Ko tongua
am tell what I suffered, and at times I
could hardly walk. About two~years
ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
I followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re
stored health and strength. It is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women." "?
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Yegc-*
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
? it w?l do for other suffering women.
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VAE2ASU ntxnON FO3. Strcifr Atonte ?nd HhMb
Best material snd workmanship, light ru cu i 3 g.
requires little power: simple, easy to handle.
Are msde tn several sizes and are good, sub
stantial money making machines down to the
smallest size. Write tor catalog showing En
gines, Boilers end all Saw Mill supplies.
Lombard Iron Works ft Supply Co, . :. - . Augusta, Gs.
?300 SHOES;S35O
men's &3.0? nml 83.50 ?hoes thnn any
other manufacturer in thc world, be
cause they hold their 6hape, fit bettor,
and wear longer than any other mako.
Shoes at All Prices, for Every Member of tha
Family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses 4 Children
W.L.Donglu $4.00 Md $8.00 Gilt Edge Bfcoet cannot
b? eqaalltd it u; price. W. L. DcuglAi $3.00 and
$2.0C ?hen ax? tho b?st In thc world
Fart Color t.\iclct* Used Exclusively/*
ay Take Mo Mutmtltlite. W. L. Douglas
name and price ls a tamped on bottom. Sold
everywhere. Shoes mulled from factory to any
part ot Hie world. Catalo?me free.
W. L. DOUGLAS, 157 Spark St., Brockton, Mass.
Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body
antiseptically clean and free from un
healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors,
which water, soap and tooth preparations
alone cannot do. A
germicidal, disin
fecting end deodor
izing toilel requisite
of exceptional ex
cellence and econ
omy. Invaluable
for inflamed eyes,
throat and nasal and
uterine catarrh. At
drug and toilet
stores, 50 cents, or
by mail postpaid.
Large Trial Sample
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PIEDMONT COLLEGE
DEMOREST, GA.
Healthful mountain location. Regular Preparatory
aud Collegs conroos; -nee!al courtes In Business,
Domenic Science and Music Superior adrantegr*.
ReaRonable price*. For catalogue and further Infor
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CURED
Gives
Quick
Relief,
i R?coves ni" swelling in 8 to 30
days ; effects a permanent cora
in so to 6o days. Trial treatment
!giren fi ce. Not hinecan bc fairer
Write Or. H. H. Green'? Sont,
Specialists. Bin fi Atlanta. GP
SO. 35-'08.
BM
es out Malaria and builds up the
inted on every bottle, showing it
. For adults and children. 50c.
D POULTRYMEN I -;
1AR.N MONEY U >'ou e,ve tfce?n
, lou cannot do. thia
unless you understand them ?nd know
how to cater to their requirements, and
Uara learning by experience, so you must
. others. Wc offer this to you for only 28
:helr own way even if you merely keep
Fowls Judiciously, you must know some
? ar.? selling a book giving the experience
ic) twenty-five years. It wa? written by
.nd money to making a success of Chick- '
lineas-anl if you will profit by his tw?n
'hicka annually, and make your F"?wls
you must be sure to detect trouble in thj '
now how to remedy it. This book- will -
e disease; to feed .for eggs and also for
ding purposes; and everything, indeed
it profitable. Sent postpaid 'or t wen tv
O IfOUOft m Leonard &, NewY?r*C&